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Gospelkeys wrote:
All of the above except for switching leslie with foot pedal.
I have a laptop in my rack I use for specialty sounds with the extern section ( omnisphere, Mr sax T, minmonsta and others ). Aftertouch I use for vibrato with synth leads. I use the control pedal for organ swell, controlling wah effect and morphing volume with layers ( like strings and piano ).
Than we probably don't have same keyboard, or mine is broken, or nord ships better versions to USA. On my NS3 88key keyboard next stuff is happening randomly:
1 Midi out from NS3 stops sending data after random time
2 Midi out is not sending sustain pedal data, never
3 Morphing wheel, randomly stops working for a certain program after many sound switchings ( must be something with seamless sound transition since i use that all the time )
4 Reverb get stucked - not changing when switching programs, randomly after many sound switching, probably same reason as 4
5 Some synth sounds loudness and character are randomly changed when you switch in to program, might again have something to do with either SST or Morphing wheel
6 hammond loudness is like 30% quieter than piano and synth, so I need to adjust max volumes of synth/piano sections
7 hammond key click level can not be set
cant remember anything else since im on vacations.
Some of the differences may be due to differences in setups.
My laptop setup is based on programs I had originally set up for my NS2 using brainspawn forte on my laptop. I didn't change much to use them with my NS3.
All control CCs come from the global midi channel ( I have this set to CH 5 ). This is so I only need one sustain pedal / expression pedal even when using a second keyboard. I can send the sustain / expression pedal CCs ( which are always sent on the global channel ) to programs being used by a second midi keyboard. ( everything else is filtered in Forte for programs that don't use the NS3 extern ). I don't use morphing with the extern section yet.
Never experienced the problem with midi data randomly stopping from midi out. Maybe there is something that triggers it that I am not doing. Morphing has always worked fine for on board programs - at least for how I use it.
The Hammond loudness difference is annoying - but it was like that with my NS2 also. May be more pronounced on the NS3 - I don't have my NS2 anymore to compare.
I have the key click level set to High - I hear a difference and prefer it at high - sounds more like my Hammond. Wouldn't mind if it were a little louder.
Maybe, .....i find wheel strange behaviour when I switch to new program that uses wheel morphing and wheel position doesn't reset to 0 but it stays where wheel is....is that normal ? Cause all other controls switch to "program saved level" only wheel switch to the "present state of the wheel level"...do you understand what am I saying here ?
Non nord gear: Korg Kronos x, Kurzweil Forte, Yamaha Es 90
After cruising all the various forums and threads, here is my conclusion?
First, some of the early runs had a problem with a connector. Easily remedied.
Second, there are a number of minor niggles that can (and probably will) be fixed in software.
If it were me, I'd buy the damn board, especially if the price is right. My recently-acquired Nord Stage 3 Compact is mind-blowing. Full post before long.
